Francis John Waddington, first child of Leslie John Waddington and Jacqueline Marie-Jeanne Waddington, née Foakes, was born in Brent in 1955.  He retained a fondness for this area of Greater London all his life ,returning to live here and to care for his mother, in her declining years.  He was a keen member of the local history society and an active member of St. Georges’ parish, Sudbury, especially in the last few years. His hobby, undoubtedly though, the railways and more particularly Swanage Railway where he spent many a weekend over forty years working on the rolling stock and renovation work in general.

Francis John, as the family called him, Francis to some, Frank also, FJ affectionately by a few more will be sadly missed by his sister, Clare and his nieces and nephew Lara, Nina, Mariella and Leo, and his great-nieces and nephew, Sereina, Marly, GaÏa, Joy, Iola, Levi and Sunny to whom he was simply ‘Uncle’. We hold fondly our memories of times in Wembley together, Christmases in Luxembourg, holiday meet-ups around the coast of the UK and Brittany….

A gentle man of simple pleasures, who could identify every bird and butterfly…RIP dear brother